"Comey faces one count of making false statements and one count of obstruction of justice in connection with his testimony to the Senate Judiciary Committee nearly five years ago. The move comes days after the top federal prosecutor in Northern Virginia cast doubt on the evidence, only to be forced out by the president and replaced with one of Trump's former defense attorneys."
""No one is above the law.," Attorney General Pam Bondi said in a post on X. "Today's indictment reflects this Department of Justice's commitment to holding those who abuse positions of power accountable for misleading the American people." Trump has long railed against Comey, blaming the former FBI leader for the appointment of a special prosecutor who probed contacts between Russia and Trump's 2016 campaign through most of the president's first term in office."
Federal prosecutors charged former FBI Director James Comey with one count of making false statements and one count of obstruction of justice related to his Senate Judiciary Committee testimony nearly five years earlier. The indictment followed President Trump's demand that prosecutors accelerate an investigation targeting a prominent critic and the removal of a top Northern Virginia prosecutor who had questioned the evidence; that prosecutor was replaced by one of Trump's former defense attorneys. Attorney General Pam Bondi posted "No one is above the law" and framed the indictment as enforcing accountability. The charges deepen a long feud with Trump and follow Secret Service questioning over a "86 47" seashells post and the earlier firing of Comey's daughter Maurene from an assistant U.S. attorney position.
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